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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is RDA of protein?
trans fatty acid
cream cheese - cream or butter
dietary approach to stop hypertension
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
2. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one week period
3. What does DASH stand for?
vitamin K
protein
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
4. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
B and C
fats
6 oz. a day
5. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
essential amino acids
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6. Fats can lead to some medical problems
milk - enriched grains
500 cal/day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
7. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
albumin levels
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
8. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
day week or month
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
9. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
4 calories/gram
day week or month
vitamin K
10. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
transferrin
4 calories/gram
carrots and sweet potatoes
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
11. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
6 oz. a day
3 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
transferrin
12. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
6 oz. a day
2 cups
day week or month
13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
prealbumin levels
day week or month
500 cal/day
14. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
can consume more calories without weight gain
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
300 cal/day increase
15. What is the function of vitamin E?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
TPN total parenteral nutrition
antioxidant - immune function
2.5 cups
16. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
review of systems
fats
one week period
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
can consume more calories without weight gain
cream cheese - cream or butter
500 cal/day
18. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
atrophy or wasting of muscle
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
19. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
apple is higher risk than a pear
4 calories/gram
20. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
dark green - orange - drybeans
21. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
B and C
hemorrhage
trans fatty acid
22. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
carrots and sweet potatoes
23. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
fats
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
5.5 ounces/day
6 oz. a day
24. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
trans fatty acid
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
300 cal/day increase
3 cups
25. When does BMR decrease?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pregnant women or elderly
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
26. Sources of fats
2 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
dietary approach to stop hypertension
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
27. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
essential amino acids
4 calories/gram
28. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
300 cal/day increase
29. What function is vitamin D?
apple is higher risk than a pear
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
5.5 ounces/day
milk - enriched grains
30. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein and fat
300 cal/day increase
hemoglobin
31. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
18-25
protein
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
32. Name six sources of grains
decrease in total lymphocyte count
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
transferrin
TPN total parenteral nutrition
33. What type of people need extra protein?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
atrophy or wasting of muscle
34. When does BMR increase?
cream cheese - cream or butter
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
dairy and fortified foods
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
apple is higher risk than a pear
hemorrhage
4 calories/gram
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
36. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
hemorrhage
vitamin C - citrus fruits
protein
37. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
one tspn salt or less
4 calories/gram
TPN total parenteral nutrition
18-25
38. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
transferrin
18-25
low albumin levels < 3.4
39. What foods have high quality protein?
one week period
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
dietary approach to stop hypertension
pregnant women or elderly
40. What is normal albumin levels?
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
protein and fat
41. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
vitamin K
review of systems
apple is higher risk than a pear
liver and intestinal synthesis
42. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
liver and intestinal synthesis
3 cups
milk - enriched grains
43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dairy and fortified foods
low albumin levels < 3.4
44. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
apple is higher risk than a pear
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
one week period
46. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
one tspn salt or less
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
low albumin levels < 3.4
47. What are healthy sources of fats?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
48. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
vitamin K
B and C
protein
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
49. What function is vitamin A?
low albumin levels < 3.4
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
50. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2 cups
6 oz. a day